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- accept most of Richard's changes
- fix some typos

(again: please add all non LyX 2.0-specific stuff only to the docs in branch.)

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\output_changes false
\html_use_mathml true
\html_be_strict true
\author 1 "Richard Heck"
\end_header
\begin_body
@ -308,7 +307,7 @@ Like most applications, LyX has the familiar menu bar across the top of
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Note that there is no horizontal scroll bar.
Note that there is no horizontal scrollbar.
This is not a bug or an oversight, but intentional.
When you read a book, you expect the end of a line to wrap around to the
next line.
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\begin_layout Standard
There are also some non-standard classes, which LyX only uses if you have
installed the
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corresponding LaTeX class files, though most TeX distributions will include
many of these
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.
Here are some of the classes
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.
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,
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t
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\change_unchanged
he full list with detailed explanations can be found in chapter
installed the corresponding LaTeX class files, though most LaTeX distributions
will include many of these.
Here are some of the classes.
, The full list with detailed explanations can be found in chapter
\emph on
Special Document Classes
\emph default
@ -2515,7 +2498,7 @@ Kluwer Layout for journals of the Kluwer publishing group
\end_layout
\begin_layout Description
koma-script a replacement for the standard classes, offers many useful features
KOMA-Script a replacement for the standard classes, offers many useful features
like caption formatting, automatic print space calculation etc.
\end_layout
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\begin_layout Standard
Modules load additional features to a document that are not by default available
in the chosen document class.
For example you might want to
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use
\change_unchanged
write Braille (embossed printing) in a document.
For example you might want to write Braille (embossed printing) in a document.
This is of course not available in any document class, so you have to load
the corresponding module in the
\family sans
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Note also:
\series default
Some modules require other modules, and some pairs of modules are incompatible.
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LyX will also advise you about these things.
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LyX will advise you about these things.
\end_layout
\end_inset
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\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
If you use a koma-script document class, you can use the default settings.
Because koma-script calculates then the printspace automatically by taking
If you use a KOMA-Script document class, you can use the default settings.
Because KOMA-Script calculates then the printspace automatically by taking
the paper format and the font size into account.
\end_layout
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That includes the paragraph environments.
Some paragraph environments are standard, in so far as all of the document
classes have them; but some classes have special paragraph environments.
If this is the case, and you change the document class, LyX
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will mark the paragraphs whose styles it no longer understands as
If this is the case, and you change the document class, LyX will mark the
paragraphs whose styles it no longer understands as
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
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But these paragraphs will be output with no special formatting, so you
will either need to create a new style yourself or else to convert these
paragraphs manually to a style present in your new document class.
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sets the missing paragraph environments to
\family sans
Standard
\family default
and places an error box at the beginning of the paragraph.
Just click on them and you'll get a message dialog that tells you about
the conversion and why it failed.
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\end_layout
\begin_layout Section
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Symbols
\family default
.
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You can also enter some sorts of accented characters by using the mini-buffer.
For example, entering
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
accent-umlaut e
\begin_inset Quotes erd
\end_inset
will produce the character: ë.
\change_unchanged
\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
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\family typewriter
ec
\family default
are bitmap fonts, they often looks pixeled in PDF output, especially when
you read the PDF in a zoomed size.
are bitmap fonts, they often looks pixelated in PDF output, especially
when you read the PDF in a zoomed size.
\begin_inset Foot
status collapsed
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\end_inset
To get rid of pixeled fonts, you have to use a vector font.
To get rid of pixelated fonts, you have to use a vector font.
There are three ways to use one:
\end_layout
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\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
DVI files doen't contain images, they only link them.
DVI files do not contain images, they only link them.
So don't forget to deliver the images together with your DVIs.
Because the DVI-viewer has to convert the image in the background to make
it visible when you scroll the DVI, this can slow down your computer when
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, every output document format allows only a few image formats.
LyX uses therefore the program
\family typewriter
Imagemagick
ImageMagick
\family default
in the background to convert the images to the right format.
To increase your workflow by avoiding these conversions in the background,
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\end_inset
images consist of pixel values, often in a compressed form.
They are therefore not fully scalable and look pixeled in large zooms.
They are therefore not fully scalable and look pixelated in large zooms.
Well-known bitmap image formats are
\begin_inset Quotes eld
\end_inset
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.
If you want anything other than numerical citations that are used in this
document, like author-year cituations, then you must
document, like author-year citations, then you must
\emph on
\emph default
@ -28355,7 +28305,7 @@ Note that some document classes have built-in solutions for well known problems
like your case.
For example if you use a
\family sans
koma-script
KOMA-Script
\family default
class, you don't need the package
\series bold
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\end_layout
\begin_layout Standard
Here is a list of all available entries
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; they are explained in detail in section
Here is a list of all available entries; some of them are explained in detail
in section
\begin_inset space ~
\end_inset
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\end_inset
:
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\end_layout
\begin_layout Description
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\family default
format of the special LyX 1.4.x versions for Chinese, Japanese, and Korean
(CJK)
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;
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\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
\change_unchanged
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(
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Since LyX 1.5.0 CJK support is fully integrated to LyX.
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)
\change_unchanged
Since LyX 1.5.0 CJK support is fully integrated to LyX.
\end_layout
\begin_layout Description
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DVI
\family default
DVI-format
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(see
\begin_inset CommandInset ref
LatexCommand prettyref
reference "sub:Output-file-formats"
\end_inset
)
\change_unchanged
\end_layout
\begin_layout Description
HTML HTML-format
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\begin_inset Newline newline
\end_inset
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(t
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he HTML
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conver
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sion
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performed by
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a third-party product and
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may
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doesn't
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work in all cases
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.
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)
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HTML HTML-format (the HTML-converter is a third-party product and may not
work in all cases)
\end_layout
\begin_layout Description
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\end_inset
is replaced by the version number)
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\end_layout
\begin_layout Description
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LyXHTML HTML-format, using LyX's internal XHTML engine (see
\begin_inset CommandInset ref
LatexCommand prettyref
reference "sub:Output-file-formats"
\end_inset
)
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LyXHTML HTML-format, using LyX's internal XHTML engine
\end_layout
\begin_layout Description
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Abiword
\family default
, etc.
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\end_inset
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(t
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he OpenDocument
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doesn't
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work in all cases
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.
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)
\change_unchanged
(The OpenDocument-converter is a third-party product and may not work in
all cases)
\end_layout
\begin_layout Description
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PDF-format using the program
\family typewriter
dvipdfm
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\family default
(see
\begin_inset CommandInset ref
LatexCommand prettyref
reference "sub:Output-file-formats"
\end_inset
)
\change_unchanged
\end_layout
\begin_layout Description
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PDF-format using the program
\family typewriter
pdflatex
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\family default
(see
\begin_inset CommandInset ref
LatexCommand prettyref
reference "sub:Output-file-formats"
\end_inset
)
\change_unchanged
\end_layout
\begin_layout Description
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PDF-format using the program
\family typewriter
ps2pdf
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\family default
(see
\begin_inset CommandInset ref
LatexCommand prettyref
reference "sub:Output-file-formats"
\end_inset
)
\change_unchanged
\end_layout
\begin_layout Description
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PostScript format using the program
\family typewriter
dvips
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\family default
(see
\begin_inset CommandInset ref
LatexCommand prettyref
reference "sub:Output-file-formats"
\end_inset
)
\change_unchanged
\end_layout
\begin_layout Description